TVK,
A special line... Heh! Many anglers actually use plain floss - almost any floss will do, even dental floss as long as the breaking strength is good enough. You can also find special floss made for the purpose, often just called "dapping floss".
The method is mostly referred to as dapping or blowline fishing, and you should be able to find references to that on the web and if you combine that with the name of author Robert H. Boyle you will most likely find his book on the subject.
Martin
Years ago, I saw an outdoor fishing show that featured a flat English flyline. The fisherman would put his back to the wind hold his rod tip high, play out line that would float in the air do to the line's 'wing-like' cross section. The gent would then lower his rod to allow a dry fly to lightly touch the water. He'd then raise the rod tip and repeat the process....dipping and skidding the fly across the water's surface. I think the process was called "doodling". I cannot find this special fly line. It would be dandy to use on the upper Platte River on windy days here in Colorado. Anyone know if this string is still available?
Hi
I'm probably heading to Copenhagen in July/august for a week staying with friends and was looking to do some flyfishing. Do you have any suggestions for chasing any fish on fly in the area (i'm not fussy, anything with fins).
How can I buy this dvd in the United States? I would be pleased for any tips on cathcing mullet on the fly. I've chummed with bread.......and threw exotic looking bread flies......I've worked every color of green insect species along floating grass......no mullet.......Help me Please.
Beautiful flies perfectly photographed. I've been looking for BROWN cobblers wax for years to tie the original Greenwells Glory (wet) since I live right THERE where Tweed, Clyde and Annan rise
I had a great time at the GFF2007 Summit and was wondering if there has been any talk of a repeat in 2008 :?:
Regards
Jonathan
....yes, there has already been a discussion about the new 2008 summit - as far as I remeber, it was even at the 2007 summit itself 😄
They liked my shrimp version also in Danmark 😄
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69 cm
I just keep going back to these flies time after time, fantastic beautiful patterns love them to bits
use another bead on the end of the fireline , instead of the other hook. There's is no need for 2 hooks..( i think..)
Cornelis van Leeuwen,
The Netherlands.
Nice and helpfull. One thing that I do when spooling is I take a small piece of masking tape and use it to temporarily hold the end of the flyline on the reel, and then wind in the flyline. Then I tie on the backing and fill up the real. After that, I just unspool it neatly in the yard with the flyline on a clean rag, and tie on the end of the backing and spool it all back on nice and neat. The first time I spooled it the normal way and ended up having to remove a decent amount of backing because I had over filled the spool.
hi im only 13 and just started fly tying/fishing looking at your fly it is bloody brilliant
life in australia rocks there is barra,bass Australia rules
this is the best and most realistic shrimp I have ever seen and I been tying for over forty years! Amazing job!
I don´t think taking the trout away the water and put it in another place is good for them.
Don´t you say " get wet your hands" before take them, so they don´t get the bacteries from other place in their skin and get hurt?.
Isn´t that the idea of Catch and Release? ... that the trouts go bak to water with the least possible damage?
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